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The 11th meeting of the Working Group on Monitoring and Assessment (6-7 July 2010) and the fifth meeting of the Working Group on Integrated Water Resources Management (7-9 July 2010) under the Water Convention
The eleventh meeting of the Working Group on Monitoring and Assessment as well as the fifth meeting of the Working Group on Integrated Water Resources Management, will take place back-to-back in Geneva in the Palais des Nations on 6-9 July 2010. The Working Group on Monitoring and Assessment will be held from 10 a.m. on 6 July until 5.30 p.m. on 7 July and the Working Group on Integrated Water Resources Management from 2.30 p.m. on 7 July until 1 p.m. on 9 July. The working languages will be English, Russian and French. The main objective of both working group meetings is to review the implementation of the workplan as adopted at the fifth session of the Meeting of the Parties.
The need to consider monitoring and assessment in the broader context of integrated water resources management calls for close collaboration between the two working groups through cooperation on a number of joint activities. To apply this in practice the fifth session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Water Convention (Geneva, 10-12 November 2009) recommended that the Working Groups should preferably hold back-to-back meetings to allow for the joint discussion of shared agenda items such as the preparation of the second Assessment. Therefore, a joint session of the two working groups will be held on Wednesday, 7 July from 2.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m.
Participation
Both working group meetings are open to experts from UNECE member States representing governmental authorities, the private sector and non-governmental as well as international organizations and other interested stakeholders. We very much encourage all countries to nominate two experts: one expert on monitoring and assessment as well as one expert on integrated water resources management for the respective working groups. Focal points are kindly requested to facilitate nomination of such experts.
Registration
Participants should complete the attached registration form and transmit it to the UNECE secretariat by 22 June 2010 at the latest either by fax (+ 41 22 917 0621) or e-mail (olga.carlos@unece.org). If you need a personal invitation letter for visa purpose, please indicate it clearly in the registration form.
Financial support
Eligible participants from countries with economies in transition may apply for financial support to facilitate their participation in the meetings. Requests for financial support should be submitted to the UNECE secretariat (olga.carlos@unece.org) as soon as possible, but not later than 25 May 2010. No application will be accepted after this deadline.
Websites
Further information and documents are available on the following websites:
http://www.unece.org/env/water/meetings/documents_WGMA.htm
http://www.unece.org/env/water/meetings/documents_WGIWRM.htm
| Contact information |
Sonja Koeppel , Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe , Palais des Nations , 8-14 avenue de la Paix , 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
(email: Sonja.Koeppel@unece.org ; olga.carlos@unece.org) Phone: Fax: + 41 22 9170107 ; + 41 22 917 0621 |
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| Event type | Seminar |
| File link |
http://www.unece.org/env/water/meetings/documents_WGMA.htm |
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| Source | United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |
| Subject(s) | METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , WATER DEMAND , WATER QUALITY |
| Relation | http://www.emwis.net/topics/watmon |
| Geographical coverage | Switzerland |
| Address | in the Palais des Nations; Geneva |
| Organizer | Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |
| Target audience | International |
| Period | [06/07/2010 - 09/07/2010] |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Working language(s) | ENGLISH , FRENCH , RUSSIAN |
